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Thats an encouraging target price although,target prices can be somewhat over exuberent, its encouraging to see broker buy recommendations when you,re already invested! From memory these hit the big time when john venner was big chief but that was donkeys years ago and i think they were into the 80,s and i was in short trousers,who knows maybe we,ve picked a steady winner here? Although the current yield isnt massive its enough for me to be a longtermer with these and the prospect of growth and that recent ft.tip all adds positivity. GL mate

28p! Thats a new high for me here,seems to be steady on the rise and i get the impression their forward order book is much wider than govt contracts? I hold a few balfour beatty as well but they dont seem to be doing so well as cost,share price-wise,mind you with these sort of shares a penny makes a hell of a difference,GL all!

No i didnt but your summary sounds good,lets hope the bounce happens soon,but if not then i,m happy to hold for the div. GL mate!

Correction,paid 1.64 incl costs so not far from break even

Yes i bought some a couple of months ago,missed the divi but have decided to keep them in my investment portfolio as its high-yielding and i paid less than £2 from memory with the initial intention of selling on the bounce that didnt happen. Do you have any information on the divi other than what i,ve picked up here?

Nice positive finish here in an otherwise awful week!

Dont forget this stock has an excellent yield for those who arnt on cfd,s here. I bought in a few months ago from memory and got a superb dividend payment recently which is why i,m now a longterm holder and will top up if it drifts closer to 20 subj.to funds etc

please can you or someone clarify whats going on here,a few weeks ago i bought a million of these,last week that became 100k,yesterday they rocketed,the today part i understand.................

Hi chris,will probably take a small punt on those photo things for the longterm when some or even any of my gamblers that i,m desperate to get out of go to anywhere near what i paid for them! Its remarkable how quickly the optimism one has on a fresh punt evaporates when you get your first averaging down opportunity! I had a brief stab at afe but didnt persue it as my favourite africans have always been lonr and mwa,although my love affair with mwa isnt doing too well today. Amazingly the rain is yet to hit weston-super-mare at time of posting so may have to water the pots afterall,james

Will investigate further mate......................

Oh well,worth a try! Lets hope your predictions come true then!

Since you,re so confident,you can have mine for a penny now old chap!

Correction, i,ve moved above the dealing costs here! Should have bought more.................................

Well it,ll probably work today,bar the asylum-seeker risk down your way but here in north somerset we,re in for heavy rain and storms within the hour according to the bbc website,so more of a rinsing than drying opportunity on the way! Have stopped buying shares till something(anything)in my gamblers go up after a busy day buying mwa shares in anticipation of a healthy bounce,the bounce has happened but downwards alas! My positives of the day are in the dont touch blue chip department which include british polythene,a great rise on figures yesterday and unlike the micros doesnt actually fall by the same amount the next day. In fact a cursory glance at my micro holding in uen this morning has left me feeling pretty disillusioned as they,ve been suspended since the last time i looked!

A tumble drier,in weather like this!? I guess we dont think the summer will last,eh! Thanks for the i.o.wight tip,catch up again mate,james

Hi chris,i was told to keep some money in cash,some in equities and corporate bonds(i actually have one and know nothing about it)and most in property and the best cash generator is your own business,but like you my business hasnt been a cash genarator recently and i,m supplimenting my income on decent yielders rather than just off zero interest in the bank.Just taken a major punt on mwana as its one ofd my favourites and i reckon oversold on an impairment thing but dont buy on my say so cos not sure where the bottom lies! Its a company i believe in and if you,re going to sit on a loss for a while,it may as well be in a company you like,there again i liked woolworths!! The devon trip sounds fun,my girl and i did a day trip around the north somerset and devon coast and lynton and around there is excellent scenery but we didnt stay as we only live just south of bristol and none of the hotels or chalets we came across would take my beloved jack russell,i always find the isle of wight most dog-friendly and will repeat visit for that reason alone,business opportunity;dog-friendly accom in north devon?

With all the positive news flow and contract after contract,surely this will kick off soon!

Cheers for those wise words mate,i totally agree on many of those points especially the drip feed/chasing losses syndrome which i,ve fallen foul of a few times. I sometimes wonder if we should go back to the days of checking the prices in the morning paper or looking to see how so and so is doing "this week" as checking portfolios on line gives one the illusion of control and ability to average down etc and lets face it most penny shares are all over the place! I,ve managed to establish a decent earning portfolio of stuff like tate,rexam,bae,elm,cost,united utilities,scottish and southern etc etc which is my own pension pot and the discipline is good for leaving alone as the divis are good income but with tjhe gamblers i,m like you if they havent gone up in a few days i,m itching to get to the next one. With these for instance i,ve put a few 100 in so theres no pressure but before i had over a grand in and the fear factor was prevailing as i didnt want another woolworths or irvine energy on my hands! It comes down to risk,reward,comfort levels and that quality we both lack,patience!!! Good luck to you too chris, james

As i mentioned yesterday,i,m in with a "comfortable" holding here and if i,m honest,was hoping it would do a pendragon rags to riches but wont hold my breath. Am somewhat disillusioned with penny shares and micros at the moment and am sitting on some awful paper losses on too many to mention so have been trading out at break or thereabouts and topping up on whatever of my blues that look cheap at the time on the basis that i dont have to watch them and the divis are clearly better than money in the bank. My only top ups in the tiddlers are in lonr and to a lesser extent mwa as i feel they have got more potential than most. I,ve got loads of trp,sar,jarvis,ray etc but have given up on averaging down for the time being but lots and lots of small holdings in things like this(again),pvr,islandoil and gas etc etc mainly as i remember as you do the dragon oil story,i only need one! Outside of m&s and inchcape, i,m wary of retail having been stung by the woolworths debacle where i mistakingly thought i,d retire when they shot back up but didnt thanks to gmac calling in the loan etc, james

Hello mate,just got back in here with a tuck it away for the longterm strategy,chasing a small loss from my last forray but not gone in with so many this time. Hope you are doing okay?